first name
ADDISON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 128,866 people named Addison, 83.1% reported their origin as White, 6.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.1% as two or more races. 92.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Addison peaked in 2007, when 12,290 babies got the name.
At least 162,320 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Addison by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #70. The largest share of babies named Addison, 53.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Addison is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Addison has been most common in Utah (1.9×), Nevada (1.7×), and Idaho (1.7×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.2×).
156,547 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Addison
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Addison, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Addison ranks #2,023 of 156,621, with 17,465 people. See Addison as a last name
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